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Bernie Madoff
Bail was set at $10M in 2009. This file exists as an archived market with permanent on-chain history.
Market cap
$2.84M
Holders
9,611
Trade fee
2.5%
Status
closed
Case file
- Charge
- Securities fraud
- Facility
- FCI Butner
- Era
- Historical
- Years held
- 2009–2021
Background
- Former NASDAQ chairman whose investment advisory business concealed the largest Ponzi scheme on record, with paper losses of roughly $65 billion.
- Arrested in December 2008, released on a $10 million bond with home detention, then jailed after pleading guilty in March 2009.
- Sentenced to 150 years in prison; a court-appointed trustee has recovered billions for victims. He died in federal custody in 2021.
Files & sources
Public records and reference material. Links open official filings, government pages and encyclopedic summaries — not this project's commentary.
Bail escrow
No bail is listed for this file — the subject is deceased. Trading history remains on-chain as an archive.